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The Guardian • Adam Morton, Graham Readfearn • July 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
State of the environment: shocking report shows how Australia’s land and wildlife are being destroyed
List of threatened species grows as ecosystems show signs of collapse due to climate crisis and habitat loss
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • July 21, 2022 • theguardian.com
NSW government suggested children as young as 10 could work off $1,000 Covid fines
Exclusive: government rejected call by legal groups to replace Covid fines, issued to about 3,000 children, with cautions
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Mike Foley • July 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Crumbling rapidly’: Australia’s environment scorecard’s out – and it’s dire
Australia has lost more mammals than any other continent and the latest report card says things will get worse faster without urgent intervention.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachel Clun, Angus Thompson • July 22, 2022 • smh.com.au
Morrison government ‘placed pressure’ on Home Affairs over election-day boat intercept
The former government leaked information about a suspected asylum-seeker boat to select journalists against the express advice of the Department of Home Affairs.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
This report from Home Affairs on what happened behind the scenes on Election Day is an absolute shocker. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
July 22, 2022
The Guardian • Josh Butler • July 18, 2022 • theguardian.com
Rising corporate profits major factor in Australia’s escalating inflation, report finds
Wage growth is at record low levels, while the profit share is at a near-record share of GDP, according to analysis from the Australia Institute
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The Guardian • Sarah Collard • July 21, 2022 • theguardian.com
Police officer laughs and uses expletive to describe missing Aboriginal man in video shown at inquest
Body cam footage played in court shows constable saying ‘fuck this little cunt’ during initial search for Gordon Copeland, who drowned in NSW river
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Disgraceful’: report reveals Morrison government pressured border force to promote election day boat arrival
Labor says action by former government ‘sabotaged’ protocols for political gain and was ‘without precedent’ in Australian history
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kate McClymont, Michaela Whitbourn • July 18, 2022 • smh.com.au
Eddie Obeid, Joe Tripodi and Tony Kelly charged with misconduct in public office after ICAC probe
It is the first time former NSW Labor ministers Joe Tripodi and Tony Kelly have faced criminal charges flowing from an ICAC inquiry.
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Axios • Jonathan Swan • July 22, 2022 • axios.com
Inside Trump '25: A radical plan for Trump’s second term
Allies want to empower him to purge potentially thousands of civil servants.
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Jonathan Swan@jonathanvswan
Trump 2025: The preparations are far more advanced and ambitious than previously reported.
The reporting for this series draws on extensive interviews over a period of more than three months on preparations for a potential second Trump term. axios.com/2022/07/22/tru…
July 22, 2022
news.com.au • Courtney Gould • July 18, 2022 • news.com.au
Bizarre detail in ScoMo’s church sermon
Scott Morrison says God has a plan for him, characterised anxiety as “Satan’s plan” and called for people to put their faith in Christ over governments in a sermon at a church founded by Margaret Court.
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Josh Robertson@jrojourno
“We trust in Him. We don‘t trust in governments," says guy who led our government. news.com.au/finance/work/l… via @newscomauHQ
July 18, 2022
The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • July 21, 2022 • theguardian.com
Domestic violence victim-survivor and mother of three left without Centrelink payments after perpetrator exploited system
Flaws in system need fixing so people leaving violent partners don’t end up in poverty, survivors say
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ABC News • Andrew Greene • July 22, 2022 • abc.net.au
Home Affairs confirms Scott Morrison pressured department to reveal boat interception on election day
A Department of Home Affairs report confirms the office of former prime minister Scott Morrison instructed the public service to reveal the interception of a suspected asylum seeker boat on election day.
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ABC News • Michael Slezak • July 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
Labor will repair environment after 'decade of government inaction', Tanya Plibersek promises
Climate change, mining, pollution, invasive species and habitat loss are outlined in the five-yearly report that has been released, with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek laying the blame squarely at the feet of the previous government.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Gee, I wonder why Sussan Ley (deputy leader of the Liberal Party) was hiding this...
abc.net.au/news/2022-07-1…
July 19, 2022
The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
Jobseeker asked to choose between work and job agency appointments under Workforce Australia system
Multiple complaints of baffling and unrealistic requirements have been reported as being set by employment agencies under the new program
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
Spoke to a man working full-time hours on casual basis who's still being hassled to attend a new job agency for first appointment.
Key point: job agencies get $600 when someone is referred - but only after they do the initial meeting
theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 22, 2022
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • July 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Dreaming of sunlight’: federal court to hear refugee’s claim of unlawful imprisonment in Melbourne hotel detention
Mostafa Azimitabar was held in immigration detention for 15 months in Melbourne’s Park and Mantra hotels
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Moz (Mostafa Azimitabar)@AzimiMoz
This is the first step for justice.
End the brutality.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 19, 2022
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Sarah Martin • July 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Greens will ruin climate consensus if they sink 43% target, Labor activist warns
‘We were in this place in 2007 and we watched it all go wrong,’ Labor and former Wilderness Society campaigner Felicity Wade says
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
A message from the activist group LEAN that lobbies Labor for higher climate ambition. The Greens will ruin climate consensus if they sink Labor’s 43% target ⁦@msmarto⁩ #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 20, 2022
The Guardian • Adam Morton • July 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
The dire state of the environment report is a major challenge for Labor – and an opportunity
A true picture of how bad things have become emerges from the report, but with 2,000 pages of convincing evidence, change is possible
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
If (new) environment laws...still allow development of new coal and gas mines – when the state of the environment report finds climate change..threatening every ecosystem, logic will be stretched beyond breaking point - @adamlmorton theguardian.com/environment/20…
July 20, 2022
The Guardian • Imogen Dewey • July 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Jennifer Down wins 2022 Miles Franklin award for Bodies of Light
Book prize judges have praised ‘ethical precision’ of Melburnian’s second novel, a poised unpacking of the horrors of institutional failure
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith, Lucy Cormack • July 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
John Barilaro told chief of staff he would create New York trade role for himself: parliament
The former chief of staff to John Barilaro has provided evidence claiming his ex-boss told him in 2019 he would create a position in New York to ensure he had a job to go to after he left politics. Barilaro rejects the claims.
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Mike Carlton@MikeCarlton01
Start spreadin’ the news
I’m leavin’ today
I want to be a part of it.
New Pork, New Pork…
smh.com.au/politics/nsw/j…
July 20, 2022
ABC News • Erin Handley • July 21, 2022 • abc.net.au
'The money does flow back to the military': Invoices reveal Australian embassy spent $750,000 at five-star hotel linked to junta
Official documents reveal an Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used.
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